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Mikael Backlund

1989 - Today

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Mikael Backlund (born 17 March 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Backlund was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09. He played junior hockey for VIK Västerås HK in the J20 SuperElit and the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikael Backlund has received more than 191,631 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mikael Backlund is the 5,390th most popular athlete (down from 4,210th in 2019), the 1,841st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,599th in 2019) and the 174th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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  • 190k

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  • 22.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mikael Backlund ranks 5,390 out of 6,025. Before him are Richard Kilty, Alex Gregory, Paul Bennett, Yuliya Skokova, Steve Williams, and Natasha Morrison. After him are Shanieka Ricketts, Alejandra Orozco, Avishag Semberg, Liudmyla Luzan, Andreas Kuffner, and Reruhi Shimizu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Mikael Backlund ranks 1,355. Before him are Braden Holtby, Anel Rashkaj, Maxim Rodshtein, Richard Kilty, Yusuke Tanaka, and Per-Egil Flo. After him are Trevor Marsicano, Jack Colback, Dewayne Dedmon, Keisuke Endo, Jelena Brooks, and Olga Fomina.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Mikael Backlund ranks 1,841 out of 1,879. Before him are Rasmus Dahlin (2000), Adam Lundqvist (1994), Johnny Oduya (1981), Emma Samuelsson (1988), Melker Hallberg (1995), and Jacob Une Larsson (1994). After him are Patric Hörnqvist (1987), Marcus Johansson (1990), Felix Michel Melki (1994), Hosam Aiesh (1995), Henna Johansson (1991), and Filip Dagerstål (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Mikael Backlund ranks 174. Before him are Angelica Bengtsson (1993), Niklas Edin (1985), Mattias Öhlund (1976), Erica Jarder (1986), Ebba Jungmark (1987), and Moa Hjelmer (1990). After him are Agnes Knochenhauer (1989), Alexander Edler (1986), Andreas Kramer (1997), Linda Bergström (1995), Zhansay Smagulov (1992), and Alexander Hill (null).

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